expandable Attribute
Applies To: Windows Server 2008
The expandable attribute is a Boolean value. If true, the registry subkey value will be created as an expandable string type (REG_EXPAND_SZ); otherwise, the registry subkey value will be created as a string type (REG_SZ).
Syntax
expandable="<true|false>"
where
true represents expandable string type (REG_EXPAND_SZ) and
false represents string type (REG_SZ)
Remarks
The expandable attribute is an optional attribute, false by default.
Examples
This XML fragment is an example that specifies a text element that will store its value in a REG_EXPAND_SZ registry subkey.
<text id="Sample_textboxExpandszPrompt"
valueName="Example2TextboxExpandsz"
required="true"
expandable="true" />